United States v. John Derek O'Neal

LAY, Senior Circuit Judge.

John D. O’Neal was indicted on a charge of distributing controlled substances in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (1988). O’Neal filed a motion to suppress 136 grams of crack cocaine seized from his luggage at the Minneapolis Greyhound Bus terminal, claiming that the stop and the seizure of his bag by police were unlawful. The district court held that the stop and seizure were reasonable under the Fourth Amendment. O’Neal then entered a conditional guilty plea and was sentenced to a mandatory minimum of ten years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised…